Thread: Firearm storage near National park village

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

I don't know that the police station would be any good. (worth a call to the local arms officer)
One of my mates got pulled up by a Waiouru based cop coming out of the southern access in the last 12 mths or so. Issue was 2 things, guys have been driving up the track to get vehicles out of sight of the road and someone had been taking a quad up the southern access and heading south into the defence land, they even had a helicopter up looking for him.
Mate was on a motor bike and complained about the risk of leaving it in the roadside car park. (No give, it's DOC land and no motorised access you risk getting a warning letter)
Cop offered his personal details and suggested mate could leave his bike at his place in waiouru and he could help get him dropped off and picked up.
Z

DoC have not made things easy there, and most certainly have not made the outdoor experience any easier for us. First they actively work against the public's access to the Kaimanawas by promoting Crown land be handed over to Trusts, thereby removing 50% of the Public access points to the Kaimanawas, then they get arsey if you don't want your car broken into in the middle of nowhere, by threatening you if you attempt to hide your car from perps up there......And now they appear ready to launch helo gunships to manage the overpopulation of Deer in the South Western Kaimanawas (if they still have access to the budget to do that sort of stuff)...'cause they have made it oh so hard for hunters to gain access to the Public Estate FFS!!!

Oh..., and no motorised access, UNLESS you are DoC and can drive diggers, bikes, 4 wheelers into all sorts of places as they are working...